ALLIED VICTORY

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20916, 16 October 1942, Page 4

ALLIED VICTORY

WILLKIE CONFIDENT SECOND FRONT ISSUE ATTITUDE REITERATED (2 p.m.) WASHINGTON, Oct. 15. “A second front is feasible and possible,” said Mr. Wendell Willkie after he had reported to President Roosevelt on the results of his mission abroach “I said it in Moscow and I say it again to-day,” he added. “The President described as entirely wrong reports that he criticised my second Pont statements. I based iiiy appeal for a second front on talks with the generals in all the countries and on the recommendations of the military leaders in Britain, Russia, China, and the United States.’’ Mr. Willkie declined to say whether M. Stalin will be satisfied if the second front in Europe were delayed until next year. He added that Germany would never conquer Russia. After a few days’ rest he would make careful', crystal clear reports to the American people. “I do know, because I discovered at first hand, that a lot of us, including public officials, will have to stretch our muscles and minds before we win,” he added. Expressing confidence in an Allied victory, Mr; Willkie said: “We have the power and the resources on our .side. lam chiefly concerned over, the cost, not in money, but in human lives and human values.and whether we are going to win the peace.”